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I know what your thinking. Why on earth would a person want to change a perfectly good shower area into a closet? Well let me tell you why. When you have a company that is pumping out prefab houses on the average of one per month or more, no one really questions the plans. In […]

Over the years doing construction I have done a lot of demolition. I have found money in walls and money in attics. Trinkets behind installed counter tops, cabinets, welders gloves in old horse hair insulation, bottles in foundation digs, old hand planes, hammers, rusty screwdrivers.. the list goes on and on. Nothing is quite […]

This vanity was made from solid teak. The bathroom that it resides in doesn’t have a window and is rather small. So moisture was a concern. Its made using traditional mortise and tenon joinery, some pocket screws, and pre-drilled and plugged holes as if you would do on a boat. It features two drawers for stowing away the daily […]

A coffered ceiling can add style and grace to any room. The effect is amazing and there are so many different variations. I have seen artists paint murals and natures scenes in the squares. You can use any shape as well; squares, rectangles, ellipses, circles etc. The actual crown molding and other moldings can be mocked up […]

This is one of the first true antique restorations which I completed a long time ago and having a vision for what I wanted it to look like after the fact took a while to develop. When I first saw this desk it was in not to great of shape. I had a few doubts […]

Well its finally done. The hinges are installed and work properly. I decided to use a satin finish instead of high gloss and the interior is lined with velvet. The bark inclusion on the inside of the box blows my mind. One of the most interesting items I have ever made. Its one of a […]

This is the finished product. Many years back a hope chest or marriage chest was used to store linens at the foot of the bed. These chests typically were lined with cedar or completely made of cedar to keep the moths and bugs out. Most bugs despise the aroma cedar gives off. And moths […]

When it came to making the hinges for this box I had major issues. The problem is unlike no other box I have built, nothing about it and I mean nothing is square. So standard hinges wouldn’t work by any means. So it sat. Yesterday I started making wooden hinges for some creative juices from pine […]

Adding a new tool to my collection always increases the types of items and versatility of what can be made. Recently I added an expensive high quality dado stack. I have used the warbler-stacks and I can tell you that they can’t hold a torch to this stack set-up. I purchased the dado set probably 3 weeks […]